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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google announces it will let websites opt-out of
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lauren Weinstein)
Wed Jun 3 11:25:48 2026
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 08:18:46 -0700
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Google announces it will let websites opt-out of AI Overviews and AI Search ... but ...
But ... it could be a trap. Given that the AI modes are pushing ordinary results so far down,
if you're excluded from the AI aspects you could easily be REDUCING your visibility rather
than increasing it. We'll see when details are available.
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